I just received the e-mail blast below from CULT wine in Napa. I feel pretty confident that I never signed up for this list in any capacity, so I think somebody else sold my information to their marketing folks. It did give me a chuckle on their selling points. The Cougar Town name drop is what seals the deal for me.
Did You Know…
CULT has been featured on more than 10 episodes of the popular TV Show Cougar Town.
CULT received an “Outstanding” (along with a 90 point score) from Anthony Dias Blue.
CULT is produced in Napa Valley, Ca. Otherwise known as the “happiest place in the US.”
CULT has a wine club! Join HERE. You’ll get 10% off all orders.
CULT received “Editors’ Choice/ 90 Points” from Wine Enthusiast.
CULT is mainly cabernet sauvignon but has a touch of merlot and petite sirah as well.
CULT is a fan of social media, and has a facebook, twitter, instagram, and pinterest page.
I like that they are a fan of social media!
CULT has provided you a link to unsubscribe: http://www.unsubscribecultwine.com
what? i can’t follow them on Tapiture?
i’m out.
Who is Anthony Dias Blue?
bit of a threadjack:
I recently started getting email from a “Capture Winery”. I know I didn’t sign up for them and I’m careful about who I do sign up for… so I wonder who gave up my info?
Pisses me off…
food critic and author. (NYT?)
Are they related to Draxton Wines at all? We stumbled on this winery one day because Ridge had an event and couldn’t accommodate us. I thought the name for this wine was rather silly, but it was awfully nice to drink.
http://www.draxtonwines.com/scripts/winepg.cfm/_/1/2009/Cult-Pinot-Noir/
Tony Blue lives here in LA and curates several trade pubs.
You and ‘Tony’ are good friends, I take it?
We’ve known each other for a couple of decades. He is a fixture in the local wine scene. I helped him on a trip to Brasil to research Cachaça once and he has written about me and my work both when I was in restaurants and, now, the store / bar. No big deal really…
Death and taxes, baby.
“Curates” trade pubs?
Reminds me of this article from several years ago
Hey, you asked…here’s his site:
I would venture that almost everyone in the trade in any serious way in California knows him.
didn’t he write for (may still does) Bon Appetit?
The fact that you guys think that Tony Blue is a “name” to drop is beyond hilarious. Reminds me of that old Stones song The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man.
I was asked a question, I answered it factually. The end.
I believe CULT is part of the Beau Vigne group. I could be wrong, but I was looking for tasting notes on Soda Canyon Cellars and found they were all related somehow…again, I think
Ran into Tony Blue at the Planned Parenthood Food Fair last night and we both got a big laugh out of HIS name be the subject of “namedropping”…
FYI, Capture is a newer winery out of Alexander Valley. I’ve not had it, but know of it. Denis Malbec (Kapcsandy/Blankiet/Notre Vin) is the winemaker.